Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

Now after these things, God tested [the faith and commitment of] Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he answered, “Here I am.”

There the LORD made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there [fn]He tested them,

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will cause bread to rain from heaven for you; the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I may test them [to determine] whether or not they will walk [obediently] in My instruction (law).

“You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Of Levi he said,

“Your [fn]Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man [Aaron],

Whom You tested and proved at Massah,

With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

Now these are the nations which the LORD left [in order] to test Israel by them (that is, all [the people of Israel] who had not [previously] experienced any of the wars in Canaan;

Now when the queen of [fn]Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with riddles.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. She was accompanied by a very large number of attendants, with camels bearing spices (balsam oil) and a large amount of gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was on her mind.

“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?

But who can restrain himself from speaking?

Examine me, O LORD, and try me;

Test my heart and my mind.

And in their hearts they put God to the test

By asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.

Again and again they tempted God,

And distressed the Holy One of Israel.

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God

And did not keep His testimonies (laws).

“When your fathers tested Me,

They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].

But lusted intensely in the wilderness

And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure and gratification; so enjoy yourself and have a good time.” But behold, this too was vanity (futility, meaninglessness).

I have tested all this with wisdom. I said, “I will be wise [independently of God],” but true wisdom was far from me.

So the man listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.